Wednesday, October 21, 2015

AMERICA POCKETED FATHER TIME

Over  the years Little Darwin has collected odds and ends , including  this circa 1927  Elgin National Watch Company, U.S.A. ,  pocket watch  which bears the initials RRR engraved on  the  front,  a present to "Bob" from Grandfather and  Grandmother, on his 21st Birthday, 25/2/28. 

It has an enamel face with Roman numerals  and under the  winged  logo of  the American  Waltham  Clock  Company , Canada , declares  it  is a gold filled  case  guaranteed  for 20 years .
1910 advertisement .
Elgin has an interesting history going back to 1864 when it was  first incorporated  and  for  nearly a century  its factory in  Illinois was  the largest  in the world, its   timepieces  used  at  railways throughout  the  country .